When everyone had headed off on their own ways, Sage and Brandi headed to the Pokecenter, it was a gamble, she thought, but she went through with it anyways, buying two Pokeballs and one Pecha berry, and leaving her completely broke with zero BP. Leaving the center, she gave Brandi a brief peptalk.
"Alright Brandi, we've got some tough competition ahead of us whether we like it or not. We're stuck here, but that's not so bad, hey? It just means we've gotta get you up-to-snuff with battling, if you want to of course." The Snover nodded, sticking her hand out to shake. Sage was a little surprised with the human gesture, but took her coarse, pine-needled hand in her own nonetheless, bringing it up and down gently. "So, from what I can tell, this thing here is supposed to teleport us places. If we've got a shot at this academy, we've gotta get some team coverage." She brought her watch down to Brandi's level so she could see. "So the rock crags are just beyond this forest here, and I think that's where we could find some rock or fighting types. What'dya say we take a walk through the forest, let you battle what we find, and if you're still feeling it by the time we get to the crags, we can try and catch a teammate?" Brandi seemed to agree, and so the two set off into the woods.
Four-score and an Oddish later, Brandi was taking down just about every grass type they encountered. However, there was a Weepinbell who wouldn't go down so easy, and retaliated her ice shards with a spray of poisonous spores. It went down quickly enough after that, though Brandi wasn't looking so good.
"Well, looks like the Pecha berry was a good decision after all." Sage handed it off to her woozy Pokemon, who popped it in her mouth, looking spry as ever not long after. "I don't want any more close scrapes like that again." It was somewhat late in the afternoon, and Sage didn't want to go home empty handed. "Rock crags it is. We'll see what we can find, and pack up and head back to the academy afterwards." Holding Brandi close, the duo teleported the rest of the short way to the crags, taking caution around the rough landscape. A bit of walking later, and she was getting disappointed. No sign of anything, until, drinking out of a cloudy puddle of water, the single yellow dot of a Scraggy stood, looking left and right for signs of anyone or anything as it did so.
"Brandi, get up behind it, and hit with blizzard." She whispered, holding tight so not to lose her footing. The Snover obeyed, but didn't realize that she wasn't exactly the stealthiest Pokemon around. The frightened Scraggy caught on before the icy wind even touched him, dodging out of the way and countering with a brick break. By now, it was mad, and Sage's idea to catch a type Brandi was weak to suddenly wasn't the best idea. Brandi hit with an ice shard, and the nimble attack did catch the Scraggy upside the head, but that just made it even angrier. The Pokemon tucked in its head in a position to charge as it prepared for a head smash. If it hit Brandi, there was no way she could withstand it after the brick break.
"Brandi! Put it to sleep with grass whistle!" Sage called, just as the Scraggy began its charge. Brandi whistled softly, gradually growing in volume as her opponent lost speed, slowing down as it flopped to the floor. "Now! Grass hammer!"
Brandi raises both of her fists with the last of her strength, leaping into the air and bringing down all of her weight atop the sleeping Scraggy, and Sage was quick to follow up with a Pokeball. Her heart stopped as the ball rocked once, twice, and then with the slightest audible "click," she new that it had worked. Not caring about her footing anymore, she slid down the rock slope, falling to the ground but still to excited to register. Seeing as Brandi was hardly conscious anymore, she called her back, picking up her new teammate's Pokeball. Holding one in each hand, she spoke to the recalled Pokemon, though she doubted they could here her.
"Nice work, buddy." She slid Brandi's Pokeball back into her pocket. "And hello to you, Joey." She said to the other, teleporting back to the center with both in tow.